On October 12, 2014, the New York Giants traveled to Lincoln Financial Field to take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football. The Giants suffered a major loss on the scoreboard, not scoring one single point.

Another loss the Giants suffered was an injury to one of their top receivers, Victor Cruz. If you were watching the game, it was hard for your heart not to break a little seeing the outstanding Cruz being carted off the field, sobbing. What is mind boggling is how the injury happened, which is still somewhat of a mystery. Cruz attempted to make a catch in the end zone but, he wasn’t tackled, he didn’t twist his knee but, he came down and was grabbing his knee. Later on in the game, we found out that he suffered a patellar tendon injury. A patellar tendon injury is a very rare injury, according to philly.com, a 2011 study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine indicted that only 21 isolated patellar tendon ruptures occurred between 1994-2004. The study did show some promising news for Cruz, apparently 80% of those injured return to play in the NFL.

The next day, Philadelphia Eagles head coach, Chip Kelly, visited the injured Victor Cruz at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia before he was moved to a hospital in Manhattan. Needless to say, the visit touched Cruz, “It was amazing, overwhelming almost, to see how many people reached out,” Cruz said, according to an article on nj.com.

Cruz underwent surgery and will be sidelined for 4-8 months.